Relationship of this capability to learners at different stages of development
Foundation Year:
By the end of Foundation Year, students should be able to identify ethical issues arising in familiar contexts such as familiar stories. Students should be able to have conversations discussing situations in which ethics and values such as kindness and caring are involved (Australian Curriculum, n.d.).
Year 1 & 2
By the end of Year 2, students should be able to describe ethical concepts with reference to words such as “right” or “wrong”. Honesty, fairness and tolerance are also ethical traits with students learn about. Students discuss situations in which fairness and unfairness has been practiced (Australian Curriculum, n.d.).
Year 3 & 4
By the end of Year 4, students are able to identify concepts such as equality, respect as well as connectedness. These concepts help to shape the students ethical understanding as they learn their attributes. Students explore what it means to treat people right and the steps to take in different situations of ethical dilemma e.g. witnessing bullying (Australian Curriculum, n.d.).
Year 5 & 6
Honest mistakes and intentional deceptions are concepts that students learn about by the end of Year 6. They also examine and explain concepts such as truth and justice. They learn what these concepts, when used appropriately can achieve. Students discover the consequences for certain actions. Students weigh up different decisions and decide what constitutes an ethically better or an ethically worse outcome (Australian Curriculum, n.d.).
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Stages of Development